Arsenal 3-1 Stoke City

Arsenal claimed an important 3-1 victory over Stoke City in a game in which roles were seemingly reversed.

The Potters were close to dominating possession overall and did so for long periods in the game, while the Gunners netted three goals from set pieces.

The first came from Aaron Ramsey, nestling an effort into the bottom of the net after Mesut Ozil's free kick had forced Asmir Begovic to parry. Stoke equalised through Geoff Cameron, firing home sweetly after Marko Arnautovic's initial effort had come back off the post, and Per Mertersacker restored the lead by heading home from a corner.

Mark Hughes' side pressed for another in the second half, but Ozil's perfect delivery allowed Bacary Sagna, of all people, to loop home a header at the far post from a free kick.

Cardiff City 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur claimed a priceless away win in the dying seconds as they defeated Cardiff City 1-0.

The visitors dominated possession and came close to the breakthrough strike several times, with Gylfi Sigurdsson in particular spurning a great chance.

David Marshall pulled off stunning save after stunning save in goal for the Bluebirds, but Paulinho's back-heeled finish in the 92nd minute,courtesy of an Erik Lamela assist, finally broke the deadlock.

It was no less than Andre Villas-Boas' side deserved, and it represented a particularly examining debut for Kevin Theophile-Catherine.

Liverpool 0-1 Southampton

Liverpool’s unbeaten record came to an end as Southampton produced a brilliant display to secure a 1-0 win at Anfield.

The Reds lost Philippe Coutinho to injury earlier in the week, and they lacked his creative spark for much of the contest.

Southampton stunned Anfield when taking the lead on 53 minutes. Dejan Lovren showed tremendous strength to shake off his marker and power a header on goal from a corner. Steven Gerrard attempted to keep the ball out, but he could only divert it into the roof of the net.

Saints could have doubled their lead moments later, but Simon Mignolet produced a superb save to keep out Osvaldo’s drive.

With no Coutinho and Luis Suarez, Gerrard is the focal point for Liverpool, and he went close to a leveller, but Artur Boruc kept out his free kick.

Southampton should have put the game safe, but Mignolet showed exactly why Reds boss Brendan Rodgers brought him to the club in the summer with a brilliant triple save to deny the visitors a second goal.

Raheem Sterling had a late chance to snatch a point, but his touch let him down when in on goal.

West Brom 3-0 Sunderland

West Brom heaped more pressure on Sunderland boss Paolo Di Canio with a 3-0 win at the Hawthorns.

Both sides came into the game without a win to their name, and it was the Baggies who won the battle of the bottom two.

Stephane Sessegnon was sold by Sunderland in the summer, and he came back to haunt his former employers by slotting home the opener on 20 minutes.

Sunderland were dealt a major blow just past the 70-minute mark as Steven Fletcher fell awkwardly and could not continue. Having used all their substitutes, the Black Cats had to battle on with 10 men.

And moments later, West Brom took advantage as Liam Ridgewell marauded forward before firing home.